Smyrna times., 1887-08-10
MARYLAND Items -

Easton's Bishop has at last arrived.
As the old lady in Dorset said: GLORY
be to what's -his-name!"
Sharks are accused of causing the
great scarcity Of soft crabs in the wa
ters OF the Chesapeake bay.thissummer
The Civil Service League of Balti
more, Maryland, it is said will make
another effort to have President Cleve-
land remove Eugene Higgins from his
office.
EX-Mayor Latrobe of Baltimore, saws
that Higgins is a much bigger figure
out Of Maryland than in it. This
knocks the law of perspective into
Cocked hat.
An observer from the Eastern shore
remarks that candidates for the honors
of sheriff and other officers are more
numerous down there than butterflies
| in tine month of June.
The steamer George Law, formerly
Ofthe Chester River line, sank near
Petersburg, Va, on Tuesday, and 45O
coiOred eXcursiOnists had n narrow es-
cape. It's not the first time she has
gone down.
As Indicating the scarcity of peaches
this season. but one or two hundred
boxes are daily reaching Baltimore by
steamboat lines. This time last year
from 800 to 1900 boxes were being re-
ceived there daily.
The Baltimore papers tell us that
Robert Garrett is to erect a hotel in that
city seven stories high, and at a cost
| of half a million of dollars. This NAV
be said to be hotel which has a Gar
! Tett at the bottom Ofit.-LOWeU Courier
A suffering public will endorse the
following from the Baltimore american:
| The cigarette yonng man is very nu-
merOusly around this year, and his linn
tied mind does notseem to graspthe fact
that other people have rights as well
as himself"
Bishop adams at Easfon.-Bishop
Adams the newly-elected Bishop of the
p. E. Diocese of Easton arrived i'm Eas-
ton from Cambridge on Friday night.
He preached at Christ Church Sun
day morning and at Trinity Cathedral
that evening. He had very large con
gregatiOns at both places. The people
are much pleased with him.
James W. MaHalieu Dead.-James NJ
Mallalieu, ofMillington, died at his res.
idence on Sunday at p. NJ Mr.. NAL
lalicu I'D been in good health until
Wednesday last, when he was attached
by congestion ofthe lungs, resulting in
ois death. Mr.. Mallalieu was Al years
of age. and leaves a wife whom he mar
ried about six months ogo. He was
man Of fine business qualifications, {
higely respected citizen, and wa
. spoken of rs candidate of the mex
! Legislature.
: Stansbury Adkins of Atkinson's Dis
, trict was compelled to kill his hors
: | Maryland Champion on Saturday last
I He was about to start for Princess Al
q ne, when the horse becoming angr,
r kicked the buggy to pieces and the
v started on his owner, biting and pawin
at him in a vicious manner. Mr.. Ad
kins finally secured a piece Ofthe bugg
e shaft and dealt the horse n blow owe
y the head which killed him. Marylan
y Champion was valued at about S4OG.-
e Saow Hill Messenger.
q Barn Burned in Kent County.-Th
It barn and contents, including 2,4O
! bushels of oats, belonging to VIM. {
d Shallcross, of fLocust Grove, Kent coul
8 ty, was burned at six o'clock Frida
r evening. The fire is attributed to spel
n taneous combustion produced by Il
fermentation of the oats, which had ju
been thrashed and had been very dan
A The grain was covered by insuranC
o. A number Ofstacks ofwheat were save
ne with difficulty. On Saturday night Il
H. wheat crop was burned. The whe
st was set in stacks near the barn whi
IL was burned the night before with {
re its contents, inluding 2,400 bushels
n oats. The last fire was attributed
Us incendiaries.